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News | Hannigan, Bunyan perform on Nick Drake tribute album

News | Hannigan, Bunyan perform on Nick Drake tribute album

Vashti Bunyan, Lisa Hannigan and Teddy Thompson are among the artists performing on an upcoming Nick Drake tribute album. Way To Blue has been put together by Drake’s original producer, Joe Boyd, who took an unconventional approach to the project. Feeling that he wanted a group of musicians to play the tracks together, rather than...

Album | The Chieftains – Voice of Ages

Album | The Chieftains – Voice of Ages

When marriages have lasted 50 years, it is traditional to receive presents of gold. For Irish trad-folkies the Chieftains, that particularly anniversary has brought a variety of even more glittering gifts. Keep your Rolex watches and charming carriage clocks. Bin the broaches. Give me guest slots from Bon Iver, Lisa Hannigan, The Civil Wars,...

Album | Lisa Hannigan – Passenger

Album | Lisa Hannigan – Passenger

After years as a member of Damien Rice’s band, Lisa Hannigan struck out on her own with her 2008 debut, Sea Sew. It was a wonderful record that marked her out as one for the future. The follow-up well and truly confirms her as one for the present. Passenger starts as it means to...

News | Portraits of Emmy the Great, Iron & Wine, Dan Mangan go on show

News | Portraits of Emmy the Great, Iron & Wine, Dan Mangan go on show

Portraits of Emmy the Great, Dan Mangan, Iron & Wine and Anna Calvi feature in London-based figurative painter Joe Simpson’s exhibition ‘Musician Portraits’ opening next month. The paintings will be on display from 14th – 30th October at a temporary gallery in the converted library at 16/17 Greek Street, Soho, London W1D 4DR. Entrance is...

The Folk Artist Twitter Directory

Below is our attempt at a comprehensive directory of folk artists currently on Twitter – of course, we aren’t Twitter deities and as such will almost certainly have missed out on certain artists. Let us know if you can think of any tweeting folk musicians in the comments below. Akron/Family Angus and Julia Stone...

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